Weintrauboa
| Weintrauboa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Pimoidae |
| Genus: | Weintrauboa Hormiga, 2003 |
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Weintrauboa is a spider genus of the small Pimoidae family. The nearest relatives of Weintrauboa are in the Pimoa genus.
Etymology
Named after Robert L. Weintraub of George Washington University.
Distribution
Both species are known from Russia and Japan.
Species
- Weintrauboa chikunii (Oi, 1979)
- Weintrauboa contortipes (Karsch, 1881)
References
- Hormiga, G. (2003). Weintrauboa, a new genus of pimoid spiders from Japan and adjacent islands, with comments on the monophyly and diagnosis of the family Pimoidae and the genus Pimoa (Araneoidea, Araneae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139:261-281. PDF